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Project Instructions
This collection contains various death records from Willamette, Oregon. From these images we are keying name, gender, death date and place, age at death, birth date and place, burial date and place, cemetery, and mother, father and spouse name where available.

The burial place should be a geographical location--any cemetery names should be keyed into the "Cemetery" field.

Gender can be assumed based on key words, such as "mother of", "daughter of", "son of", husband of", etc.

Death Record

Choose the "Death Record" form type when the image contains any kind of death record. This includes funeral home records, obituaries, cemetery records, and death certificates. For index cards that only contain a name with no obituary notice attached, it should be marked as "Cover page, Section header, etc."

Additional Image Samples

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Suffix

Key all titles, such as "Jr" or "III", following the surname as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you.

Surname

Key the surname as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you.

Given

Key the first name or initial and any middle names as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you. Initials should be keyed with a space between them and without entering the periods.

Prefix

Key any titles before the given name, such as "Dr," "Mr," or "Mrs," as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you.On death records "stillborn", "baby", "child", "unknown", or "not stated" may appear. Key these as Given names. If "child of Peter Pan" appears, key the complete phrase into the given name field.

Gender

Key the gender in its full form using the dictionary provided to assist you.

Death Day

Key the day from the death date.

Death Month

Key the month in its three-letter abbreviation from the death date using the dictionary provided to assist you.

Death Year

Key the year from the death date.

Death Place

Key the death place as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you. Geographical locations should be separated by a comma, such as "Salem, Oregon".

Age at Death

Key the age at the time of death. Valid ages include numeric digits between "0" and "120" and fractions between "1/12" and "11/12". If an age includes years, months, and/or days key only the years. If an age appears in months, such as 10 months, key age as a fraction: "10/12" If an Age includes years plus a fraction, such as 3 3/12, key only the year. If the age is less than one month, key "0."

Birth Day

Key the day from the birth date.

Birth Month

Key the month in its three-letter abbreviation from the birth date, using the dictionary provided to assist you.

Birth Year

Key the year from the birth date.

Birth Place

Key the birth place as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you. Geographical locations should be separated with a comma, such as "Salem, Oregon".

Burial Day

Key the day from the burial date.

Burial Month

Key the month in its three-letter abbreviation from the burial date, using the dictionary provided to assist you.

Burial Year

Key the year from the burial date.

Burial Place

Key the burial place as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you. Geographical locations should be separated with a comma, such as "Salem, Oregon". Cemetery names should be keyed in the cemetery field.

Cemetery

Key the cemetery name as seen on the record.

Spouse Given

Key the first name or initial and any middle names of the spouse as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you. Initials should be keyed with a space between them and without entering the periods.

Spouse Surname

Key the surname of the spouse as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you.

Father Given

Key the first name or initial and any middle names of the father as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you. Initials should be keyed with a space between them and without entering the periods.

Father Surname

Key the surname of the father as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you.

Mother Given

Key the first name or initial and any middle names of the mother as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you. Initials should be keyed with a space between them and without entering the periods.

Mother Surname

Key the surname of the father as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you.

Keying Image Samples

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Target

Choose the "Target" form type when the image is of a color and/or grayscale target.

Cover page, Section header, etc.

Use the “Cover page, Section header, etc” type for images that don’t contain any data, but might be interesting to look at because they provide some type of context for the image set. For instance, historical notes, affidavits, and so forth.

Image with no data

Use the “Image with no data” type for images that don’t contain any data or any useful context that might be interesting for someone to look at. For instance, an image containing only the blank background or an image with a microfilm target on it.